Extensible suitcase.



O. HARVEY.

EXTEN SlBLE SUITCASE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 3. 1915. RENEW-:6 JAN. 29, I911.

Patented Sept. 25, 1917.

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OSCAR HARVEY, OF .DEB'DEN s'rATIoN, SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA.

EXTENSI'BLE SUITCASE.

Application filed May 3, 1915, Serial No. 25,649.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, OSCAR HARVEY, a subjectof the King of Great Britain, and residing at Debden Station, in theProvince of Saskatchewan, in the Dominion of Canada, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Extensible Suitcases; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same.

The invention is an extensible suit case and the object is to provide asuit case of the well known box type with collapsible means forenlarging its capacity.

According to the invention, I provide the bottom of the suit case with aloose side in the form of a sliding drawer capable of be ing pushedwithin or partly drawn out from the main portion of the suit case.According to another improvement, I mount the carrying handle in amovable manner in order that the suit case may be centrally balancedthereon in its extended position.

The invention is shown in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 isa perspective view showing the suit case according to the invention inits collapsed posi tion.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the invention in its extended positionand with the hinged side opened.

Fig. 3 is an inside plan view of the sliding drawer or loose side andFig. 1 is a sectional elevation of one of the guiding members for thesliding drawer.

Referring to the drawings, 1 indicates the body of the suit case havingthe usual hinged side 2 secured thereto, these parts carrying thecatches 3 and the lock 1, all as customary in a well known type of suitcase, except that the body portion 1 is open at both sides, one of whichis closed by the side 2 and the other by a movable side 5 having theinwardly extending walls 6, 7, 8, and 9 nicely fitting within the bodypart 1. It will thus be seen, that when the side 5 is in its innerposition as shown in Fig. 1, the invention has very much the appearanceof an ordinary suit case, but when the side 5 is pulled out its interiorcarrying capacity is approximately doubled.

It must be understood that the movable side 5 does not pull right outfrom the body Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sep1; 25, 1917.

Renewed January 29, 1917. Serial No. 145,312.

portion, but merely extends the boundary walls of said body portion andis preferably guided in its movement by rods 10 extending inwardly, onefrom each corner of the movable side 5, these rods sliding in tubes 11extending in the opposite direction one within each corner of the bodyportion 1, both the rods 10 and the tubes 11 being secured to the side 5and body portion respec tively by suitable means, such as the brackets12. The guiding members 10 and 11 include means for preventing the side5 being pulled entirely out of the body portion, these means comprisingheads 21 on the rods 10 adapted to abut flanges or collars 22 on thetubes 11.

Diagonal reinforcing members 13. extend across the side5 on the insidethereof and at the center thereof carry small brackets 14: which extendthrough the .side 5 and to which is attached a handle 15, preferablylying in a recess 16 of the side 5, this handle being obviously for thepurpose of pulling out or pushing in the side 5.

In order that the suit case according to this invention when extendedmay be centrally balanced on the carrying handle 17, I make the saidhandle adjustable by means of lugs 18 at each end of the handle slidableon bars 19, the said lugs being fixed at any points on the bars by meansof the set screws 20. Thus, the handle may be adjusted along the bars 19in order to bring it central of the width of the suit case.

The suit case according to the invention is easily extensible is lightin construction, yet strong, and can be manufactured very cheaply.

What I claim is 1. In an extensible suit case, a body portion open atboth sides, a side wall hinged to said body portion and forming a lid toclose one of said open sides, a movable side wall slidable within saidbody portion toward said hinged side and forming a 010- sure to theother open side of the body, guiding members secured to said body andmovable wall and a carrying handle supported by said body portion andadjustable in the same direction as said movable side.

2. In an extensible suit case, a body portion, a hinged lid closing oneside of said Signed at Debden, Sask. this third day body portion, amovable Wall closing the of April, 1915.

other side of said body portion and slidable OSCAR HARVEY. thereintoward said hinged side, reinforc- Witnesses:

ing members crossin said movable Wall ms and a pull handle ceriirallysecured to said zi reinforcing members. 0. DEMERS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

